Our Newest Big Thing around here....

.... is breakfast smoothies! After our beach vacation (& a lovely recipe from a magazine Peto gave me) I busted out the 'ole blender! There is no going back because the kids LOVE them & they also LOVE that they get to use their souvenir cups that Aunt Becca brought them back from the Blue Bell ice cream factory in Texas. And guess who else loves them? ME! I love them because i make healthy well rounded breakfasts that they will eat, well technically drink, & have a great start to their day. (And lets face it, i can put things in there that are good for them that they wouldn't necessarily try- like a spoonful of cottage cheese!) They have liked them all, but so far the overall favorite is the original one i tried from the magazine which is a blend of 1 c. vanilla yogurt, 1 banana, 2 Tbsp peanut butter, & milk to thin it out for them. I also added a few ice cubes to make it chilly & once i added a few squirts of sugar free chocolate syrup (only the first time when Jackson was pretty skeptical!). I have also made a strawberry/blueberry blend (which i think was really Eli's fav.) , & a banana/peach/orange one (which had the cottage cheese in addition to the yogurt & i taste tested it & it was GOOD, you couldn't even taste the cottage cheese- the whole thing tasted like a creamsicle!) IT is really fun for me to experiment & to see how much they like them. And they look forward to it. In fact, last night, i got all the cups, blender, etc laid out for this morning since i had to work & Eli wanted one right then! I had to explain he could have one in the morning & he nodded & moved on!

Don't let his face fool you, he was lovin it. This was early morning just before church on Sunday... and he is like his Daddy in the morning (a bear sometimes).....

MMMMmmmmmm...................